Mop holder



Dec. 8, 1925. 1,564,675 F. C. HOFFMAN MOP HOLDER Filed Aug. 9, 1924Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES FREDERICK C. HOFFMAN, OF \VES'I HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MOP HOLDER.

Application filed August 9, 1924. Serial No. 731,029.

To all whom it may GONGGW'L.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. Hom MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of est Hartford, in the county of Hartford andState of Connecticut, have invented new and Improved Mop Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices commonly employed inconnection with handles for holding mops or similar articles and anobject of my invention, among others, is the production of a mop holderthat shall be simple in construction and extremely durable andparticularly eflieientin operation.

One form of mop holder embodying my invention and in the constructionand use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a face view of my improved mop holder with the handle broken off.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Figure 4 is a view in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line llof Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view on a plane denoted by the dotted line 55 of FigureFigure 6 is a detail view in cross section through the lower end of thehandle and ferrule on a plane passing through the center of the pivots.

In the accompanying drawings the nu meral 6 indicates a handle that maybe made of any suitable material, as wood, preferably round in crosssection and of any desired length. a means of supporting the holder uponthe handle I preferably make use of a ferrule or collar 7 of metal tofit the end of the handle, and as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of thedrawing.

My improved holder is comprised of two members of duplicateconstruction, or in other words, two parts of the same construction areemployed to make up a holder as a whole, and a description of one willnecessarily be a description of both of the parts making up a completeholder.

Each of said members embodies a frame preferably of rectangular form,each of said frames comprising a jaw 8, ends 9 extending from said jaw,a pivot bar 10 extending from one of said ends, and a pivoted bar 11extending from the opposite end. The pivoted bar 11 terminates in a loopor eye 12 preferably formed by coiling the wire, as shown in Figures 1and 2. A clamping bar or lever 13 extends from each loop 12, and eachclamping bar terminates in a clamping hook 14L bent at substantiallyright angles to the bar 13 and of curved form to fit the handle 6, asmore clearly shown in Figure 5 of the drawings.

It will be noted from the above description, taken in connection withthe accom" panying drawings, that these two members are of duplicateconstruction, the end of the pivot bar 10 of each member fitting anopening in the end of the collar or ferrule 7 upon the diametricallyopposite side of said collar from the end of the other member and theloop of each member being supported to swing upon the pivot bar 10 ofthe other member, the latter being freely pivoted in the collar 7.

lVhen it is desired to insert a mop or similar device between the jaws8, the hooks 14 are disengaged from the handle 6 by a move mentlaterally of the plane of swinging movement of the clamping bars whenthe jaws may be freely swung apart, the hooks 14, in this swingingmovement being located upon the opposite side of the handle from that inwhich they are located when engaged with the handle to hold the jaws intheir closed position. When the jaws are thus opened the mop materialmay be placed therein, and then when the hooks 14 are again engaged withthe handle 6 the mop material will be securely clamped between the jaws8.

The two frame members have been described herein as being duplicateseach of the other, and this refers to the general con struction and theyare such duplicates except as to the length of the clamping bars 13, oneof said bars having been made longer than the other merely for theconvenience in disengaging the bars from the handle and that may,therefore, be said to be substantial duplicates one of the other.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is onlyillustrative and that the invention may be carried out by such othermeans as fall within the scope of the ap pended claims and applied touses other thanthose above set out.

I claim- 1. A mop holder comprising two frame members each of whichmembers includes a jaw located opposite the jaw on the other framemember, an integral pivot bar and an integral pivot eye through whicheye the bar on the other frame member extends, means for supporting eachof said frame members, and means for actuating the jaws.

2. A mop holder comprising two frame members each of which membersincludes a jaw located opposite the jaw on the other frame member, anintegral pivot bar car ried by one side of the'frame and a pivot eyecarried by the other side of the frame through which eye the. bar on theother frame extends, said frames being substantially of duplicateconstruction, means for supporting the pivot bar of each frame memher,and means for actuating the jaws.

3. A mop holder comprising two clamping frame members, each of saidframe members consisting of a jaw, a pivot bar and a pivot eye, thepivot eye of each frame receiving therein the pivot bar of the otherframe with the jaws in cooperative relation, and a clamping memberextending from each frame to hold the jaws in clamped position.

4. A mop holder comprising a handle, two mop clamping frames eachincluding a pivot bar, a pivot eye and a clamp jaw, the pivot bar ofeach frame passing through the eye of the other frame and beingpivotally mounted on the handle, and a clamping member extending fromeach frame and engaging said handle to hold said jaws in clampedposition.

5. A mop holder including a handle, two frame members each comprising apivot bar piimtallv supported by said handle, a pivot eye within whichthe bar of the other frame is received and a clamp jaw, said eye in eachframe comprising a coil extending around said bar on the other member,and'a clampingmember comprising an extension from said eye to hold saidjaws in clamped engagement.

6. A mop holder comprising a handle and two mop clamping frames, saidframes including, means for pix otally supporting them 011 said handle,and a clamp extending from each of said frames and being adapted to bepassed across to opposite sides of said handle for engagement therewithwhereby said handle opposes movement of said clamp to open said jaws.

FREDERICK o. HOFFMAN.

